The Corpus de Sang (, "Corpus of Blood") was a riot which took place in

Sant Andreu de Palomar Sant Andreu de Palomar is a neighbourhood of Barcelona. It's the oldest part of the Sant Andreu Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant A ...

and later in

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on 7-10 June 1640, during Corpus Christi, which marked a turning point in the development of the

Reapers' War The Reapers' War ( ca, Guerra dels Segadors, , es, Guerra de los Segadores), also known as the Catalan Revolt, was a conflict that affected a large part of the Principality of Catalonia between the years of 1640 and 1659. It had an enduring ef ...

. The riot was between a group of harvesters and some local "''andreuencs''", during which one harvester was badly hurt.

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